Two Pennsylvanians among 5 people killed in I-95 crash

RAW: Scene of fatal five-vehicle crash on I-95. Two people from Pennsylvania were killed in the accident.

RAW: Scene of fatal five-vehicle crash on I-95. Two people from Pennsylvania were killed in the accident.

Five killed in I-95 crash, including infant.

Cars burst into flames in a five-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in South Carolina that killed five people including two from Pennsylvania, and snarled interstate traffic for hours, authorities and witnesses said.

The crash involving a Jeep, car and two commercial trucks happened Saturday night around 7:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes in Florence County, said State Highway Patrol Cpl. Sonny Collins.

Among those killed in a Jeep Cherokee were Jacqueline Ann McCann, 51, of Johnstown; and Barry Himes, 52, also from Pennsylvania. Himes' hometown wasn't provided.

In another car, a couple from Ontario, Canada, and their infant son were killed. Coroner Keith von Lutcken identified them as Jeremiah Cross, 34, Crystal Cross, 32, and Grayson Cross, 7 months.

Media photos from the scene show two tractor-trailers and twisted and burned wreckage of other vehicles.

The Morning News of Florence reported that one mostly burned car was pinned under a tractor-trailer, and nearby another car was "fully burned." It said the second tractor-trailer was damaged.

Collins said he couldn't provide further details on what led to the crash and that it could be days before investigators release a cause.

Witness Vahid Hamzehnava told the Morning News he was a few cars back when he saw the accident happen.

"I tried to slow down with the flow of traffic and all of a sudden it just happened," Hamzehnava said. "When I got here I saw the truck driver get out … and he thought the truck was going to explode, so he ran down the highway."

Hamzehnava said he and another witness ran toward the wreckage to try helping passengers but weren't able.